Moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the role of negative affect in the motivation to drink in alcohol-dependent subjects undergoing protracted withdrawal

• Published in: Personality and individual differences Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 16 - 21
• Main Authors: Uva, Mariana Cordovil de Sousa, Timary, Philippe de, Cortesi, Marie, Mikolajczak, Moïra, Blicquy, Paul du Roy de, Luminet, Olivier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Biological and medical sciences; Craving; Emotional intelligence; Medical sciences; Motivation; Negative affect; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Withdrawal; Withdrawal and detoxification program; Alcohol-dependence; Emotional intelligence; Withdrawal and detoxification program; Craving; Negative affect; Consumption; Human; Affect affectivity; Poison withdrawal; Alcoholism; Cognition; Emotion emotionality; Psychological effect; Alcoholic beverage; Treatment; Motivation; Dependence

In order to understand how emotional aspects evolve and are related to craving for alcohol, different emotion-related variables were examined in relationship to craving during a protracted withdrawal. To this end state affectivity (PANAS), emotional intelligence (EI) (TEIQue), and craving (OCDS) wer...